Jenkins, Thomas Albert

Jenkins, Thomas Albert, a Representative from Ohio; born at Oak Hill, Jackson County, Ohio, October 28, 1880; attended the grade and high schools; was graduated from Providence University, Oak Hill, Ohio, in 1901 and from the law department of the Ohio State University at Columbus in 1907; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Ironton, Ohio; also interested in various financial and commercial enterprises; prosecuting attorney of Lawrence County, Ohio, 1916-1920;served in the State senate in 1923 and 1924; delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1920 and 1924; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-January 3, 1949). Reelected to the Eighty-first Congress.

JENKINS, Timothy, a Representative from New York; born in Barre, Worcester County, Mass., January 29, 1799; located in Washington County, N.Y., in 1817; pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Oneida Castle, N.Y.; moved to Vernon, N.Y., in 1832; was attorney for the Oneida Indians in their dealings with the State of New York 1838-1845; district attorney for Oneida County 1840-1845; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress; elected to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1850 and was thereafter a Republican; died in Martinsburg, N.Y., December 24, 1859; interment in the City Cemetery, Oneida Castle, N.Y.